when you look at his stance, abortion, president's health care, taxes, unions, some issues that would turn democrats away from even consider gs a republican when you look at that, have not bothered them about chris christie. >> i think there are three things happening here. sandy is one of those things. if i were a voter in new jersey, i would look at sandy and that would probably be at the top of my list. the second thing is, chris christie is coming in now to -- at the descendancy of the tea party. the tea party was never that massively strong in new jersey to begin with. in 2009 when people like bob mcdonnell got elected, that was the senate seat of the tea party 2010, republicans take the house and now here we are three years later and what are we finding? the tea party is at all time lows. chris christie, traditional republican candidate is doing remarkably well in a state that votes for democrats on a national level. the third thing also is this, chris christie is someone who just speaks bluntly, whether you like him or not -- i disagree with him on women's rights issues but he